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Krishnan in lead

CHENNAI: Ram. S. Krishnan, with six points, was in lead at the end of the sixth round in the Maharaja Agrasen FIDE rated open chess tournament here on Tuesday.

In the sixth round, Krishnan beat G.B. Prakash, who remained on 4.5 points.

The results: Sixth round: G.B. Prakash (4.5) lost to Ram S. Krishnan (6); Babu N. Sudhakar (5) drew with Shyam Nikil (5); R.R. Laxman (5) bt. V. Hariharan (4); Ganesh Babu (4) lost to Praveen Kumar (5); Maheshwaran (5) bt K. Gopalakrishnan (4); P. Lokesh (4.5) drew with R.A. Pradeep Kumar (4.5); Mohana Priya (4) lost to K.V. Shantharam (5); C.J. Arvind (4.5) bt Gopikrishna (3.5); R.V. Sathiyanarayanan (3.5) lost to Vinoth Kumar (4.5); Muthu Alagappan (4) drew with Venkatesh (4).

SRM University chalked out a straight-game win over Sathyabama University in the final of the volleyball event in the second Shri Ishari Velan Memorial Trophy inter-collegiate tournaments. SRM won 25-21, 25-12, 25-21.

Other results: Volleyball: Third place: D.B. Jain College bt Guru Nanak College 25-9, 25-12, 25-14. League: SRM bt Guru Nanak 25-11, 25-16, 25-12; Sathyabama bt D.B. Jain 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 25-11; SRM bt D.B. Jain 25-20, 25-13, 25-14; Sathyabama bt Guru Nanak 25-8, 25-10, 25-12. Basketball: Final: Annamalai University bt JPR Engineering 69-51; Third place: SRM bt Sathyabama 68-61; League: JPR bt Sathyabama 54-39; Annamalai bt SRM 60-35; Annamalai bt Sathyabama 58-44; JPR bt SRM 69-54. Ball badminton: League: St. Joseph’s, Tiruchi bt Annamalai 29-26, 29-17; SRM bt St. Joseph’s Engineering 12-29, 29-28, 29-7; St. Joseph’s, Tiruchi bt SRM 29-28, 29-16; St. Joseph’s Engineering bt Annmalai 29-18, 29-17; St. Joseph’s Engineering bt St. Joseph’s, Tiruchi 29-21, 29-10; SRM bt Annmalai 29-1, 29-21.

S.H. Han (9) and R. Vijayaraghavan (17) triumphed in the Gandhi Nagar Club Trophy tournament held at the Cosmo-TNGF golf course here recently.

Han, with a score of 40, clinched the Division I title, while Vijayaraghavan, with a score of 38, claimed the Division II title.

Rupa Gurunath (8) and V.C. Krishnan (17) finished second in Division I and Division II respectively.

The Chennai Masters Athletic Association will conduct the annual district meet at the SDAT ground, Nehru Park, on December 15 and 16. For details, contact John Devasir, ph: 26631689, 99404-92223.

Pranit (TNBSA) lifted the junior billiards title in the Abirami Mega Mall-Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association State-ranking tournament in Chennai. In the final, played on a two-hour format, Pranit defeated Dilipkumar, also of TNBSA, 531-404.

Sixteen of Chennai’s leading schools will compete in the Don Bosco-MRF Trophy cricket tournament from October 22 to November 5. All matches of the tournament, featuring the under-11 and the under-13 categories, will be played at the Don Bosco School.

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